Efficacy of a Web‐based Intervention for Concerned Spouses of Service Members and Veterans with Alcohol Misuse
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Concerned partners (CP s) of service members and veterans who misuse alcohol face help‐seeking barriers and mental health problems. We used multiple regression to evaluate the efficacy of Partners Connect, a four‐session web‐based intervention (WBI) to address military CP s’ mental health and communication. We randomized 312 CP s to the WBI or a control group. Five months later, WBI CP s reported significant reductions in their anxiety and increases in their social support compared to control CP s. Intervention dose was also associated with improved WBI CP outcomes. Partners Connect appears to fill a need for families who face help‐seeking barriers and provides an alternative to traditional care for those who may not otherwise seek help.
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Recent innovations in online CRAFT delivery for military families have been singularly focused on CSO wellbeing/relationship quality.
“Recent innovations in online CRAFT delivery for military families have, in fact, been singularly focused on this [34]”
From Community reinforcement and family training and rates of treatment entry: a systematic review. (2020) · cites this paper as [34]
In “Partners Connect: A Web-Based Adaption of CRAFT for Military CPs,” the authors describe improving concerned partners’ mental health and communication as the intervention’s primary goal. “Singularly focused” overstates this: the same section also describes a hoped-for reduction in partners’ drinking and assesses outcomes for service members and veterans. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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- Authors
- Osilla, K. C., Trail, T. E., Pedersen, E. R., Gore, K. L., Tolpadi, A., & Rodriguez, L. M.
- Affiliations
- RAND Corporation (US)
- University of South Florida St. Petersburg (US)
- Corresponding author
- Osilla, Karen Chan
- Venue
- Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2017-10-03
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 292-306
- ISSN
- 0194-472X (ISSN-L)
- 1752-0606
- PMC
- PMC5882610
- OpenAlex
- W2763177751
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 1.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (1R34AA023123)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- military personnel, veterans, alcohol abuse, online intervention, help-seeking barriers, anxiety, social support, marital communication, military families, intervention dosage
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Military Personnel, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Social Support, Veterans, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Spouses, Internet, Family Conflict, Young Adult, Motivational Interviewing
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